Tooling

Milling Tools

Ballnose Cutter Adds Cutting Edge for Fast Feed Rates

Designed for the production of homokinetic joints of hardened steel in automotive applications, Mapal’s CPMill ballnose milling cutter has been updated for efficiency in pre-machining (soft milling).

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Workholding

Concentrically-Adjustable Collet Chuck Provides 6" Capacity

Lexair’s 16C wrench-operated collet chuck has an integrated A2-5 nose to accommodate standard 16C collets ranging to 1.625", as well as bolt-on closing rings and ID mandrels.

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Holemaking

Drill for Titanium Resists Edge Breakouts, Micro Cracks

Inovatools’ Speedmax twist drill is designed for drilling in stainless steel, titanium and alloy steels at higher feed rates and with longer service life.

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Workholding

Smaller Trunnion Fits Variety of Machines

KME CNC’s five-axis trunnion is designed to be integrated with existing equipment without size restrictions.

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Toolholders

Bi-Directional Rotation Speeds Lathe Tool Changes

The Sauter disc-type tool turret from Indexing Technologies is said to promote optimum performance on lathes, with a rigid, precise design that provides rapid indexing times.

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Cutting Tools

Fast Delivery for Application-Specific Swiss-type Inserts

GenSwiss now offers delivery times of less than three weeks for application-specific Utilis inserts used with Utilis thread whirling rings and attachments in Swiss-type machines.

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Workholding

Multi-Axis Rotary Tables Enable Hundreds of Configurations

The Swiss-manufactured pL Lehmann 500 series of modular multi-axis rotary tables, now available from Exsys Tool, enables users to upgrade a vertical machining center to increase productivity.

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Workholding

Clamping System Can Adjust in 0.030" Increments

Colliflower LLC’s Set-Up Stick is a clamping system comprised of a “stick,” a “stop” and a “tippy clamp” that together produce a strong forward and downward grip onto as little as 0.050".

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Workholding

Mini Edge Clamps Enable Jaw Placement with Spacers

Carr Lane Manufacturing’s Tiny Vise edge clamps are designed to offer strong, expandable clamping action in a small size.

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What To Consider When Adding Angle Heads

Angle heads can enable a three-axis machine tool to be more versatile. That said, this shop explains that there’s more to getting started using them than simply loading them into a machine’s spindle.

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